STEVEN NIXON, PETITIONER,

v.

STATE OF FLORIDA, RESPONDENT

Citator

Cited By

• Gabby Tennis v. State, 997 So. 2d 375 (Fla. 2008)
  …mean that the trial court can fail to hold a Faretta hearing after an unequivocal request for self-representation. Further, the trial court did not make findings that Tennis’s motive in filing the motions was to delay his trial. Cf. Fleck v. State, 956 So. 2d 548, 550 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007) (rejecting State’s argument that the court was [*380] justified in denying the defendant’s request because of an attempt to delay proceedings where court made no findings that motions were improper attempts to delay). We und…
• Inquiry Concerning A Judge, 36 So. 3d 580 (Fla. 2010)
  …ton’s bond was consistent with Florida law. To support his contention he relies on a number of cases directed to the proposition that a judge should deny a motion to recuse if the motion is made to delay or frustrate proceedings. See Fleck v. State, 956 So. 2d 548 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007); Deren v. Williams, 521 So. 2d 150 (Fla. 5th DCA 1988). Judge Eriksson also refers to this Court’s recognition of “the frustration of trial judges who are burdened with belligerent defendants who attempt to thwart the system any w…
• Thompson v. State, 37 So. 3d 939 (Fla. 2d DCA 2010)
  …oceed unrepresented.” State v. Bowen, 698 So. 2d 248, 251 (Fla.1997). This court, too, has pointed out that “a defendant does not need to possess the technical legal knowledge of an attorney before being permitted to proceed pro se.” Fleck v. State, 956 So. 2d 548, 549 (Fla. 2d DCA 2007) (quoting Hill v. State, 688 So. 2d 901, 905 (Fla.1996)). The rules of criminal procedure sum it up: Regardless of the defendant’s legal skills or the complexity of the case, the court shall not deny a defendant’s unequivocal…